"Tianniu, don't worry. Since I've married into your Du family, I'll be a member of the Du family in life and a ghost of the Du family in death." Li Hongjun's square face was full of shyness and admiration at this moment, especially when he said this, he would steal glances at Tianniu from time to time. If you didn't know, you would think that he and Tianniu had swapped genders.
After Li Hongjun finished speaking, he did not hear Tianniu's answer. His face suddenly became hesitant, and he looked at Tianniu with a sad look, as if he was let down by her. Aunt Du, who was standing next to him, felt so pity for her that she slapped her.
"Snap"
Although she was sitting on a stool, the sweet girl still staggered and fell forward with the stool. If Li Hongjun had not stretched out his hands to protect her, she would have hit her head on the ground.
"Mom~" This plaintive voice gave Aunt Du goosebumps. "You little bastard, look at how Hongjun loves you, and yet you don't even know how to say a word. Let me tell you, Hongjun is my ideal son-in-law, and now that you've got your marriage certificate, don't you dare abandon your wife and children... er... no... abandon your husband and children, or I'll slap you."
These words were spoken as if Li Hongjun was Aunt Du's biological son. Listening to her mother's insincere words, Tianniu lost all her temper. Ever since their heart-to-heart talk on the riverbank, this man had completely depended on her. But this feeling was also quite good, especially after her eyes met the marriage certificate in her hand. Tianniu's shyness also subsided a bit. "I know, Mom, don't worry. As long as he doesn't let me down, I won't let him down either. From now on, our family of four will live a good life."
"That's the truth. Sweet girl, you're not a child anymore. Tomorrow I'll take you two to the village chief and ask him to open the ancestral hall and add your names to it." Uncle Du smiled happily. He was in a good mood looking at the golden boy and beautiful girl sitting in front of him. Especially when his eyes saw the half-full bottle of Erguotou on the table, his tenderness melted into water. "I have one son and one daughter in this life. I will still have one son and one daughter in this life. Hehe, God has treated me well."
After Uncle Du's words came out, there was silence for a while. Then Aunt Du reached out and picked up the chopsticks to put a chopstick of egg into the bowls of Tianniu and Li Hongjun respectively. "Okay, let's eat. Tomorrow I will take half a pound of brown sugar to thank Du Jiang. If Du Jiang hadn't passed on the message, your matter would not have been settled so quickly."
"Mom, I'll prepare this. I heard that if it succeeds, a red envelope will be given to the middleman." As he spoke, Li Hongjun took out a red envelope from his pocket and handed it to Aunt Du.
But Aunt Du didn't take it. "No need. I'll pay for it. You and Tianniu can keep the money your family sent you. Now your father and I can still work, so you just need to take care of your own lives. When we are old and can't move, just make a coffin for us."
When talking about birth, old age, sickness and death, Aunt Du's face was very calm, as if it was as common as drinking water.
Although Aunt Du was very calm, Tianniu was different. She immediately retorted, "Mom, what are you talking about? Don't worry, Hongjun and I will definitely take care of you in your old age. Even if you think I'm unreliable, I think you all know how Hongjun has treated you at home during this period. Forget about that ungrateful person. Let's live a good life as a family of four in the future. When I give birth to a child, you don't have to go to work and can help take care of the child at home."
Listening to the sweet girl's plan, the other three people in the room all had smiles on their faces. As she opened and closed her mouth, they couldn't help but imagine a beautiful picture of playing with their grandchildren.
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you, sweet girl. Mom will listen to you." Aunt Du's eyes were a little moist. The suffering of the first half of her life was somewhat smoothed out at this moment. Looking at the beautiful woman under the dim light of the oil lamp, Aunt Du felt that this life was not so sad after all.
Uncle Du is a man who doesn't shed tears easily, but his eyes were red at this moment. The past when he was ridiculed and despised for being an unfilial eldest son could no longer hurt his heart. Uncle Du turned his head and looked at Li Hongjun, who was staring at the sweet girl with burning eyes. He felt relieved and decisive. It was enough to be happy now. If one day Li Hongjun abandoned his daughter because he returned to the city, he thought she would not blame him, because he was really good to his daughter now. He took his daughter to get a marriage certificate knowing the rumors in the village. Just for this reason, Uncle Du completely let down his guard against Li Hongjun.
This middle-aged man, like the other villagers, was not good at speaking. He just kept repeating, "Live a good life, be good."
"Hey, Dad, Mom, don't worry. Tianniu and I will definitely live a better and better life in the future," Li Hongjun's sonorous voice was particularly loud in the room. "As for my parents, don't worry. With this letter of severance, they won't come to us if anything happens in the future. After all, they have to save face."
Before she heard the letter of breakup from Li Hongjun's mouth, Tianniu wanted to cover her face. When she thought of the letter sent by the other party's parents, which expressed the intention of marrying into the family in exchange for food, she felt a surge of sympathy. Of course, this sympathy could not last long, after all, the other party wanted her own food.
Li Hongjun, who was standing aside, probably didn't notice Tianniu's conflicted expression, and laughed like a mouse that fell into a rice jar. His upright square face was made to look a little bit vulgar.
Looking at the letter in his hand, and then at Aunt Du and Uncle Du with loving faces, Li Hongjun had to admit that there really are parents in this world who do not love their children. Not only do they not love them, but they also want to use this blood bond to exchange for greater benefits. If that's the case, then he can't be blamed.
When he thought of the reply letter he sent after confirming his relationship with Tianniu, a hint of sadness emerged in Li Hongjun's eyes. Perhaps he really had a weak bond with his biological parents. It was obvious that he could not choose the day of his birth, but they took their anger out on him for such an unreasonable reason. Until now, Li Hongjun could not understand what the poverty of his family had to do with the day of his birth. Could he change his family's financial situation? It was a pity that Li's father and mother, who were immersed in it, did not think about this, and such indifference continued until the birth of their younger brothers. But even so, Li Hongjun was the one who was ignored among the brothers. If his grandparents had not fed him a few mouthfuls of food, Li Hongjun would have been dead long ago.
When he grew up and heard about going to the countryside, Li Hongjun was inevitably pushed out by everyone, but this was indeed what he wanted in his heart. It was just right to follow this road to leave the suffocating home. Li Hongjun didn't even reply to the letters asking for food. It was not until he talked it out with Tianniu that Li Hongjun cut off contact with the Li family on the pretext of marriage, and even got 300 yuan from it.
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